EP1180410B1 - Assemblage soudé de deux tôles minces et méthode pour sa fabrication - Google Patents

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EP1180410B1
EP1180410B1 EP20010119280 EP01119280A EP1180410B1 EP 1180410 B1 EP1180410 B1 EP 1180410B1 EP 20010119280 EP20010119280 EP 20010119280 EP 01119280 A EP01119280 A EP 01119280A EP 1180410 B1 EP1180410 B1 EP 1180410B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D39/00—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders
    • B21D39/03—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders of sheet metal otherwise than by folding
    • B21D39/038—Perpendicular plate connections
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K33/00—Specially-profiled edge portions of workpieces for making soldering or welding connections; Filling the seams formed thereby
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/68—Seat frames
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/68—Seat frames
    • B60N2/682—Joining means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/0096—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by using permanent deformation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/08—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of welds or the like

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  • the invention also relates to a method for Connecting two heavy duty sheets, especially with two sheets of a seat back, in particular one Motor vehicle, in which a first sheet with an angled Sheet edge applied to a second sheet and welded there becomes.
  • the plates 10, 12 shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are so preformatted that from them by suitable deformations the final product can be made. Accordingly the sheets 10 are substantially U-shaped, V-like od. Like. Formed while the sheets 12 as substantially planar parts are shown.
  • a sheet 10 and a sheet 12 merely plugged together.
  • Fig.1 are two edges 11 present, while the hollow structures after 4 only one edge 11 with tabs 14, while the other edge 11 is angled and with a side surface 34th rests against the plate 12.
  • FIG. 3 shows in principle the application of a deformation device represented by arrows 37.
  • the arrows symbolize a deformation force of a not shown, but on known flanging.
  • the sheet edge 11 and the Edge structure 20 are after forming on the outside as a package the sheet 10 and consequently extend in the direction the arrows 37 only as far as necessary, namely the added Thicknesses accordingly.
  • FIG. 3 is shown on the right that the bent Edge structure 20 with the angled tabs 14 of the sheet edge 11 is disposed in a recess 38 of the sheet 10, the already with the U-shaped configuration of the sheet 10th was produced at the same time.
  • the recess 38 is a vertical channel or depression running through to the representation plane, which is formed so that the outer surface the bent edge structure 20 with the adjacent outer surface 10 'of the deformed sheet 10 is flush.
  • Fig.6 leaves the preparation of the anti-parallel to the adjacent Wall of the sheet 10 taking place by means of a deformation Detect trim channels 33.
  • the trim channel 33 is in a die 31 introduced, the entire preformed V-shaped first Sheet 10 surrounds the outside and at the same time that shown in Figure 4 Forn concerned of this sheet 10 may have served.
  • the trim channel 33 is now arranged so that the die 31st forms a trim projection 39 which abuts the outside of the sheet 10 and has a predetermined thickness. With the die 31 a male part 32 cooperates, which has a Veformungsvorsprung 32 'has.
  • the edge structure 20 with the tabs connected to them 14 of the edge 11 from the position shown in Figure 5 be pressed into the position shown in Figure 6.
  • the deformation takes place so that the edge structure 20 and the edge 11 of the adjacent sheet metal area of the Sheet 10 are assigned virtually antiparallel.
  • This distance can be functions on components assume, for the illustrated hollow structure of Fig.6 is used.
  • the edge structure 20 may, for example be used as fasteners.
  • FIGS. 7, 8 show partial structures formed from sheets 10, 12.
  • the sheets 10,12 are approximately at right angles to each other arranged so that corresponding edge structures arise.
  • In the sheets 12 of Fig.7,8 are, as well as in the sheets 12 of Figures 1 to 6, through-slots 13 in described Way available. Through these through-slots 13 tabs 14 of an edge 11 of the sheet 10 are inserted and angled. 9 shows the formation of the sheet edge 11th the first sheet 10 over part of its length.
  • the metal tabs 14 are not angled in this illustration. She extend in the plane of the sheet 10 and are through Through-slots 13 inserted through, resulting in offsets 15 of the second sheet 12 are located. Be the tabs 14 as shown in Figure 7 angled so that they in the offsets Finding a place, they lie with their outer surfaces flush with the adjacent outer surfaces of the sheet 12.
  • Fig.8 is for the only there shown angled Tab 14 no bend 15 available, so that this Tab 14 on the outside of the surface of the sheet 12 protruding rests.
  • FIG. 8 shows a further embodiment of a tab 30 ', which is welded to the sheet 10, e.g. with a spot weld 40.
  • the tab 30 ' is not a one-piece component of the sheet 12, but overlaps this form-fitting.
  • the tab 30 ' has a retaining edge 41, which as a bend the tab 30 'is formed and the plate 12' also stops on the plate 10.
  • Such tabs 30 ' are in particular for subsequent or supplementary stiffening of the connection beneficial, especially for in the plane of the sheet 10 occurring loads.
  • Figures 10a, 11a relate to welded joints with two sheets 10,12, of which the sheet 12th provided with through slots 13 in the manner described above is.
  • Several tabs 42 of which only a single is shown jumping from an edge 11 of the first Sheet 10 before and are inserted through the through slots 13 and beyond so the first sheet 10 anti-parallel bent back to include the edge structure 20, the second sheet 12 between the through slot 13th and its edge is formed.
  • the edge structure is above all by the distance of the through-slot 13 to the sheet edge certainly.
  • the tab 42 is welded to the first sheet 10.
  • the weld is designated 40. It finds a spot welding instead. Considering that several similarly formed tabs 42 are present, then results itself that only single row of welds 40 required is the corner joint shown in Figs. 10a, 11a the two sheets 10,12 produce with multiple tabs 42.
  • FIGS. 10a to 11b which are not covered by the subject matter of the claims are designed so that the second plate 12 in his the through-slots 13 having edge region only are positively enclosed. A welding of both sheets 10,12 together does not take place. It is therefore appropriate that the welded joint with differently shaped welded joints combined. For example, it is conceivable that the welded joints of Fig.10a to 11b with Alternate welded joints of Figure 3.

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  1. Assemblage soudé comprenant deux tôles, en particulier deux tôles d'un dossier de siège, en particulier d'un véhicule automobile, la première tôle (10) présentant un bord coudé (11) qui est appliqué contre une structure de bord (20) de la seconde tôle (12) et est soudé à cet endroit, caractérisé en ce que la seconde tôle (12) est pourvue d'un nombre prédéfini de fentes de passage (13), en ce que la première tôle (10) a sur son bord coudé (11) des pattes (14) qui traversent les fentes de passage (13) et qui sont repliées sous la structure de bord (20), et en ce que les pattes repliées (14) sont soudées avec la structure de bord (20) et sont déformées conjointement avec celle-ci pour être pratiquement antiparallèles à la première tôle (10).
  2. Assemblage soudé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la structure de bord (20) est constituée par un bord de tôle plan.
  3. Assemblage soudé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la structure de bord (20) déformée est pratiquement appliquée contre la première tôle (10).
  4. Assemblage soudé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la structure de bord (20) est espacée de la première tôle (10) et antiparallèle à celle-ci.
  5. Assemblage soudé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la première tôle (10) est disposée suivant un certain angle par rapport à la seconde tôle (12).
  6. Assemblage soudé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la seconde tôle (12) forme avec la première tôle (10) une structure creuse à section transversale fermée.
  7. Assemblage soudé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les deux tôles (10, 12) sont soudées dans la zone des bords de la structure creuse qu'elles définissent.
  8. Assemblage soudé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la seconde tôle (12), dans la zone de ses fentes de passage (13), est recourbée vers la première tôle (10) et les pattes coudées (14) de la première tôle (10) sont disposées dans les parties recourbées (15) de la seconde tôle (12), dans l'alignement de celle-ci.
  9. Assemblage soudé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que la première tôle (10), dans la zone des bords et/ou de pattes (30), est recourbée vers la seconde tôle (12) et les bords et/ou pattes (30) sont disposés dans les parties recourbées (15) de la première tôle (10), dans l'alignement de celle-ci.
  10. Procédé pour assembler deux tôles robustes, en particulier deux tôles d'un dossier de siège, en particulier d'un véhicule automobile, selon lequel la première tôle (10) est appliquée avec un bord coudé (11) contre la seconde tôle (12) et est soudée à cet endroit, caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise comme seconde tôle (12) une tôle avec un nombre prédéfini de fentes de passage (13) et en ce qu'on utilise comme première tôle (10) une tôle avec des pattes saillantes (14) qui sont introduites dans les fentes de passage (13), après quoi le bord (11) est coudé dans la zone des pattes (14), lesquelles sont ensuite soudées sur une structure de bord (20) de la seconde tôle (12) opposée à la première tôle (10), et sont déformées conjointement avec ladite structure (20) pour être pratiquement antiparallèles à la première tôle (10).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la déformation des pattes (14) avec la structure de bord (20) se fait à l'aide d'un dispositif de repliage.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que la première tôle (10) est entourée par une matrice (31) qui comporte un conduit d'équilibrage (33) dans lequel a lieu une déformation pratiquement antiparallèle des pattes (14) avec la structure de bord (20), à l'aide d'un poinçon (32).
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